New Pope Robert Prevost’s shock voting history revealed

The voting history of the first-ever American pope shocked few when it was revealed on Thursday that he participates in Republican primaries.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago, Illinois and is of French and Italian descent, is a registered Republican. He has voted in GOP primaries and general elections when he is in the country, according to his voting record.

His registration, however, should not be confused with support for President Donald Trump.

A 2014 tweet is going viral where Prevost called Jesus a migrant and some of his social media content has been critical of the president.

Turning Point Action published his history showing that as recently as August 2023, Prevost was registered as a Republican and voted in the 2024 presidential election.

The new pope, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, has a ‘strong Republican’ record, and according to conservative nonprofit’s data, he is staunchly pro-life – not an unusual stance for the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost who has been named as the new Pope and will go by Pope Leo XIV

Conservative nonprofit Turning Point Action revealed the new American pope’s voting history and the fact that he is a registered Republican

But his registration and participation in Republican primary elections should not be confused with support for President Donald Trump (pictured alongside first lady Melania Trump at the funeral for Pope Francis in Rome on April 26, 2025)

Prevost, 69, spent many years living abroad and did not participate in U.S. elections during many of those stints overseas or down south.

But when stateside, he voted in Republican primaries and general elections in the U.S.

Pope Leo did not vote in the 2016 or 2020 presidential election but did in the 2024 race. It is unclear who he voted for.

Though a registered Republican, it’s pretty clear that Prevost does not support much of Trump’s agenda.

The new pope made a series of social media posts critical of the president’s policies and often reposts sentiments critical of the Trump administration.

Prevost specifically criticized the White House’s actions regarding immigration and in the past has expressed support for progressive causes.

The last time Prevost posted something to X was on April 14. The post he retweeted slams the Trump administration’s deportation of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.

‘Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed? How can you stay quiet?’ the post reads.

A post made on X by Cardinal Prevost in 2014 is going viral where he called Jesus a migrant

Pope Leo did not vote in elections when he was on out-of-country assignments – but was shown to participate in several Republican primaries and the general elections, including the 2024 presidential election

The Chicago-born pope did not vote in the 2016 nor 2020 presidential elections

Pope Leo XIV also shared several articles that address Catholic Vice President J.D. Vance’s stance on immigration.

One of the articles is titled: ‘JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.’

In 2017, Pope Leo reposted a message in support of DACA recipients, which are undocumented migrants brought illegally to the U.S. by their parents when they were children.

Pope Leo spent the majority of his career in Latin America and even became a naturalized citizen of Peru.

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, May 8, 2025 to signify that the cardinals elected a new pope during their conclave in the Vatican